SIDS Project Impact
TwoKids

Webcast
Sudden Unexpected Infant Death (SUID):
National developments, initiatives, studies and opportunities
was held March 30, 2009

Speakers included:
Carrie Shapiro-Mendoza, PhD, MPH leads the CDC SUID Initiative and is the co-author of "US Infant Mortality Trends Attributable to Accidental Suffocation and Strangulation in Bed From 1984 Through 2004: Are Rates Increasing? "published in Pediatrics, February 2009.

Lena Teresa Camperlengo, RN, MPH, DrPH student is the Program Coordinator for the SUID Initiative at CDC whose responsibilities include the multi-state SUID case registry.

This webcast is now archived here.



Nationwide Calendar

Organizations whose work is related to SIDS, SUID, infant mortality, safe sleep, and goals that are important to the SIDS/ID community are invited to submit events to be included on the Nationwide Calendar by sending us an email.

Association of Reproductive Health Professionals: Reproductive Health 2009

Reproductive Health 2009 is a partnership among the Association of Reproductive Health Professionals, the Planned Parenthood® Federation of America National Medical Committee, and the Society of Family Planning. This is the 5th joint annual meeting of these three organizations, taking place in Los Angeles, CA.


September 30-October 3, 2009

Symposium on Quality Improvement to Prevent Prematurity

This Symposium will explore the present state of quality initiatives to prevent preterm birth and develop an agenda for action to decrease the rate of those preterm births that are not inevitable or medically necessary. The Symposium will bring together a multidisciplinary group of health care practitioners, health insurers, policy makers, health purchasers, regulators and concerned citizens to discuss quality improvement as an essential component in the strategy to prevent prematurity, promote health and save costs. It will be a forum where experts and stakeholders can:
  • Share ideas and challenges
  • Describe model programs that have successfully improved the nature and quality of patient care and services targeted to prematurity prevention
  • Recommend quality improvement action plans
This event will take place at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City, Arlington, VA, and has been organized by March of Dimes in collaboration with American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, American Academy of Pediatrics, American College of Nurse-Midwives, and Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses.
Registration will be available as of April 1, 2009 on the Symposia web site.

October 8-9, 2009

Association of State and Territorial Health Officials Annual Meeting

This year's event will take place in Vienna (Tysons Corner), Virginia. Please monitor the web site for further information.

October 13-16, 2009

12th Annual NPWH Premier Women's HealthCare Conference

This year's event will take place in Providence, Rhode Island. Please monitor the web site for further information.
Please monitor the web site for further information.

October 14-17, 2009

American Academy of Family Physicians Scientific Assembly

This assembly offers 200 CME opportunities for family physicians. Improve your patient care, save time and money, and start building your medical home. Celebrate the proud heritage of family medicine in one of America’s most historic and diverse cities, Boston, Massachussetts.

October 14-17, 2009

Healthy Start Leadership Institute Training

This event will take place at the Tremont Hotel of Baltimore, MD. Check back soon for more details!

October 14-15, 2009

The Healthy Babies Summit and AWHONN State Conference: Improving the Health of Parents and their Infants

This event will take place at Waukesha County Technical College in Wisconsin. Explore current research, evidence based and promising practices providing an opportunity to move from knowledge to practice, using the Life Course perspective as a framework to improve the health of women, infants, children and their partners.

October 15-16, 2009

2009 ICEA International Convention

The ICEA 2009 convention is designed for childbirth, perinatal fitness and parent educators, doulas, nurses of all educational backgrounds, midwives, physicians, consumers, other health care professionals, and those who work with women in any childbirth-related field. The program offers a variety of topics related to education, health care and counseling needs of childbearing families. This event will take place at the Oklahoma City Renaissance Hotel.


October 15-17, 2009

AAP National Conference and Exhibition

The theme of this year's NCE is "Pediatric Heroes: Champions for Children," and the special pre-conference Peds 21 Topic for October 16 will be "Focus on Foster Care." This event will take place at the Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC.


October 17-20, 2009

NPHIC 2009 Annual Conference

This year’s conference will be held at the Ritz Carlton (South Beach), Miami, Florida! This year’s NPHIC conference attendees will participate in a special risk communication training by renowned expert Peter Sandman. Also, the CDC’s Barbara Reynolds will lead a training in “RiskSmart™,” a program designed to enhance organizational credibility and stakeholder trust.


October 18-21, 2009

29th Annual California SIDS Program Fall Conference

The California Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Program invites you to join us on October 20, 2009 for SIDS: A Journey of Hope, the 29th Annual California SIDS Program Fall Conference. This year's event has been planned in collaboration with the Northern California Regional SIDS Council and the California Department of Public Health, Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health Division. The conference will take place at the California Department of Health Services East End Complex located at 1500 Capitol Avenue, Sacramento, CA 95814.



October 19, 2009: Pre-Conference Events
October 20, 2009: Conference

Promoting Healthy Birth Outcomes - Translating Research into Best Practices to Promote Preconception Health and Prevent Preterm Birth.

This conference will bring together clinical, social, programmatic, epidemiological and policy experts at the national, state, and local levels to present best practices, promising new interventions, community engagement models, and policy interventions to improve healthy birth outcomes, and methods to address racial and ethnic disparities that affect birth outcomes. Conference attendees will better understand the link between prematurity and birth defects, why improved preconception and interconception care programs must be implemented in the community, and the major factors leading to healthy birth outcomes. This event will take place at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.



October 27-28, 2009

SOPHE 60th Annual Meeting

This event will take place at the Sheraton Hotel, Philadelphia, PA. This year's theme is: "An Invitation to Innovation".


November 5, 2009

Share: Sharing and Caring Training

This workshop is open to anyone who wants to start their own Share Group, hospital chaplains, social workers, counselors, nurses, and bereaved parents. The Sharing and Caring workshop is a weekend-long intensive training that gives anyone who works with grieving families the tools they need to work with families effectively, run support groups, and gain the support of their hospital staff. This event will take place at the St. Charles Convention Center of St. Charles, MO.


November 6-9, 2009

137th American Public Health Association Annual Meeting & Exposition

The APHA Annual Meeting & Exposition is the oldest and largest gathering of public health professionals in the world, attracting more than 13,000 national and international physicians, administrators, nurses, educators, researchers, epidemiologists, and related health specialists. APHA's meeting program addresses current and emerging health science, policy, and practice issues in an effort to prevent disease and promote health. APHA has a world of public health in store for you. This year's meeting will be held at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, PA.
Registration will open June 1, 2009.

November 7-11, 2009

NPA Conference 2009

This year's theme is "Family Centered Care", featuring keynote speaker Beverly Johnson. The event will take place at Cook Children's Medical Center in Fort Worth, Texas.
Download the conference information here. You can use the Early Registration Form to sign up today.

November 12-14, 2009

National Association for the Education of Young Children Annual Conference & Expo

The early childhood education community is gathering in Washington D.C.! More than 20,000 early childhood professionals from around the world attend the NAEYC Annual Conference & Expo to discuss the everyday issues of working with young children and families. Register and arrange housing online. This year's event will take place at Walter E. Washington Convention Center, located at 801 Mount Vernon Pl. NW Washington, DC.

November 18-21, 2009

Zero to Three: 24th National Training Institute

The National Training Institute is a comprehensive and multidisciplinary conference that focuses on cutting-edge research, best practices, and policy issues for infants, toddlers and families. The NTI attracts multidisciplinary professionals working in mental health, early intervention, early care and education, child welfare, family support, social services, and health care. This event will take place in Dallas, Texas.

December 3, 2009 (Pre-Institute Events)
December 4-6, 2009 (Institute)

Fifteenth Annual Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology Conference

Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology (MCH EPI) conference organizers invite you to join MCH professionals in sharing experiences, enhancing knowledge, and generating new ideas for improved MCH data use and informed policymaking. This event will take place at the Grand Hyatt Tampa Bay, Tampa, Florida.

December 7-8, 2009 (Pre-Conference Trainings)
December 9-11, 2009 (Conference)

SMFM 30th Annual Scientific Meeting – The Pregnancy Meeting™

This event will take place at the Hilton Chicago.


February 1-6, 2010

23rd Annual Rural Health Care Leadership Conference

This event will take place at the Pointe Hilton Squaw Peak Resort of Phoenix, AZ.


February 7-10, 2010

AMCHP's 2010 Annual Conference

Moving Ahead Together: Celebrating the Legacy, Shaping the Future of Maternal and Child Health. This event will take place at the Gaylord National Convention Center in National Harbor, MD. The conference program will be available in late summer 2009. To make hotel reservations, call 301-965-2000, or visit the Gaylord Hotels web site.


March 6-10, 2010

National Healthy Start Association 11th Annual Spring Conference

The theme for this year's event is: "Fulfilling Our Vision: Healthy Babies from the Start." The theme encompasses several areas that are related to NHSA's vision of reducing infant mortality nationwide and improving perinatal health disparities, such as preconception and interconception health care and services, perinatal and postpartum depression, and male involvement and fatherhood initiatives. Presenters will explore these areas and others, and identify tools that are needed to ensure that all families, regardless of socio-economic status, ethnicity, race or cultural background, have the best chance at a healthy life.
2010 Spring Conference Tracks:
  • Mental Health
  • The Life-Course Perspective
  • Advocacy and Health Policy
  • Family Involvement
  • Research & Evaluation (e.g. Community-based Participatory Research)
  • Women, Child & Adolescent Health
This year's conference will take place at the Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.


March 14-17, 2010

ADEC 32nd Annual Conference

"Death, Dying and Bereavement: It's All About the Story." This event will take place at the Hyatt Regency Crown Center in Kansas City, Missouri.


April 7-10, 2010

National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners' 31st Annual Conference on Pediatric Health Care

This is an excellent continuing education opportunity for nurse practitioners. This year's event will be held at the Hyatt Regency of Chicago, IL. More details coming soon!


April 15-18, 2010

Cribs for Kids 2nd National Conference

Cribs for Kids will be hosting their second national conference in Pittsburgh, at the Omni William Penn Hotel. A Call for Abstracts will be forthcoming. This conference will feature a special track on fundraising which will give you the tools to raise money to sustain your program through these difficult financial times. Please make plans to attend. More details coming soon!


April 20-23, 2010

ACOG 58th Annual Clinical Meeting

ACOG's 58th Annual Clinical Meeting (ACM) will be held in San Francisco, CA. The Scientific Program will be outstanding with more innovative and hands-on sessions. The Educational Program has been taken to the next level to reflect the changing environment of women's heath care.


May 15-19, 2010

2010 AWHONN Convention - Sharing Science, Finding Solutions

The 2010 AWHONN Program Committee seeks volunteer presenters for the Annual Convention to be held June 12-16, 2010 in Nashville, TN. AWHONN is the leading professional association for nurses who specialize in the care of women and newborns. Our members include neonatal nurses, women’s health nurses, OB-GYN and labor and delivery nurses, nurse researchers and educators, nurse executives and managers, childbirth educators, clinical nurse specialists, nurse practitioners and nurse-midwives. Our national conference draws over 3,000 attendees of whom 72% have 15 or more years of experience and 38% have a masters degree or higher.
This conference is currently seeking abstracts. Abstracts may only be submitted electronically through the online abstract submission system. Paper and email submissions are not accepted. The system will not accept abstracts after 11:59 PM EST on 8-17-09. Abstracts are being accepted for: Specialty Papers, Research and Innovative Papers & Posters, Case Study Presentations (Paper or Poster). Click here to submit your abstract. This event will take place in Nashville, Tennessee.


June 12-16, 2010

International Stillbirth Alliance Conference 2010

The 2010 ISA conference will be held jointly with the International Society for the Study and Prevention of Infant Deaths (ISPID) in Australia in October 2010. The conference will focus on Connecting for life in preventing stillbirth and infant death and ensuring optimal bereavement support for families. The Conference themes will encompass the problems faced by the diverse populations of the Australasian region. The Conference Committee will announce the “east coast” conference destination and the main conference themes at the Oslo Conference in November. Hosting of the conference will be shared across The Australia and New Zealand Stillbirth Alliance and member organisations: Bonnie Babes Foundation Inc., SANDS Australia and New Zealand, Stillbirth Foundation Australia and SIDS and Kids (SIDS and Kids are also hosting the ISPID component).
The 2010 Conference Committee welcomes you to Connect for life with friends and colleagues (new and old) “downunder” in 2010. We promise great Aussie hospitality, warm weather, Koala cuddling and a range of parochial culinary delights and an opportunity to build on the work underway in making a difference to the global challenge of stillbirth and infant death.



October, 2010